Hourman (1999 - 2001)

Hourman’s friends are stranded in Hypertime after Hourman was kidnapped last issue. Anchored on an asteroid floating in Hypertime, the group begins to argue about what they are doing. Snapper, frustrated at the group for... View »

The issue opens on September 21, 1969, where Rex Tyler, owner of Tyler Chemical, is in a meeting with his advertising team. Rex finds himself snappy and standoffish. After the meeting, Rex’s wife Wendi and their baby son... View »

Hourman’s journey through the timestream with his friends  is underway. Snapper Carr discovers one of the goals of this trip, to use up what’s left of the Timeship’s juice to travel through time, as the party... View »

Hourman comes to Snapper Carr’s house. He tells Snapper to get ready, because he is going to invite everyone to take a trip with him through time. Tired of being melodramatic and wanting to have fun, Hourman has decided... View »

The issue opens in Hourman’s Century of Solitude. He has retreated to the century, and has been sulking for days. Not knowing what to do, his servants call upon crusty Old Doc Tyler, an expert psychotherapist. Her expertise... View »

The issue opens on a Khund dreadnought, speeding through space. The Khunds are chasing Snapper Carr, who is captaining his own ship. Snapper is trying to figure out what is happening right now, because reality does not seem... View »

The issue opens with Black Canary, the Flash, and Atom Smasher investigating the background of Hourman. They find his conflicts with the JLA and with Rick Tyler, and wonder how they missed all this when they invited him... View »

Thanksgiving has come, and the Justice Society of America has decided to spend the holiday together having a giant feast in their brownstone headquarters. Hourman is invited, and gets to spend some quality time with the... View »

To his shock, Hourman walks in on his girlfriend Bethany on a date with Hourman! The version of Hourman from the future (last seen in issue #4) has come to our time in order to visit Bethany. Hourman becomes jealous of his... View »

Still reeling from his torture at the hands of last issue, Snapper Carr is curled up in his bed with Starro the Cat. Hourman takes over the narration for this issue, using it as a toll to try to bring Snapper out of his... View »

Continued from last issue. At first, Hourman and Bethany Lee do not realize that Snapper Carr is not with them. Snapper has been captured by retail demons, and is being tortured in a mall somewhere.  Hourman and Bethany... View »

Snapper Carr arrives at the Happy Harbor bus terminal, and runs into a beggar asking for money. Snapper gives him $5, and tells him if he wants to hang someplace same, to head to the Mad Yak Café. The beggar disappears,... View »

Continued from last issue. Hourman’s consciousness has been placed in a new body by the 853rd century Metron and by Tyler Chemorobotics. While Metron is reborn, the Blackhawks have been trying to enforce the blockade of... View »

Continued from last issue, Ultimate Hourman has attacked the skeletal remains of Hourman, and starts ripping apart what’s left. Justice Legionnaires Superman and Wonder Woman try to intervene, but Superman accidentally... View »

The android Hourman has been kidnapped by the Justice Legion Alpha: Superman, Batman, Aquaman, Wonder Woman, Flash, and Atom. Evidently, subcircuits in Hourman are designed to trigger the JLA if they detect large amounts... View »

The issue opens with the release of Dr. Rocco Togg from prison. Dr. Togg, an arch-enemy of the golden age Hourman, had been in prison for 58 years, and was now being released. Due to experimentation before prison, though,... View »

Wendi Harris surveys the damage done to the Tyler manor by the hallucinating android Hourman. Frustrated that someone unknown has taken the Hourman name from her deceased husband and bedridden son, she consoles herself with... View »

A Day of Judgment crossover issue. With Hourman gone for a week, Snapper Carr tries to keep himself occupied. The world is in the midst of the Day of Judgment, and a grumpy Snapper heads to his favorite haunt, the Mad Yak... View »

Amazo has gained the ability to steal humanity from others, and has done so to the Justice League, transforming them into androids. As Amazo tries to cope with his newfound humanity, the android Justice League is on his... View »

Following his destruction of Rex Tyler’s estate last issue, Hourman has been attacked by the JLAndroids. Hourman has used his time powers to determine that these are not androids of the JLA, but rather the JLA has been... View »

Hourman, Snapper Carr, and Bethany Lee are at the Tyler manor, where Snapper has convinced Hourman into taking some Miraclo. Hourman does, and starts going into hallucinatory fits. During them, he lives an overly-exaggerated... View »

Continued from last issue. Hourman, Snapper Carr, and Bethany Lee are trapped in the Lord of Time’s 1963 frozen point in time, aka the Timepoint. Hourman explodes, and the future version of Hourman from last issue appears.... View »

The issue opens with a future version of Hourman fighting the Lord of Time over the Timepoint. They fight across time and space, but at one point the Timepoint begins to vanish. Future Hourman recognizes that the Lord of... View »

Continued from last issue, toddler Bethany is picked up by Happy Harbor police officer Gary Lenin. Lenin contacts his boss, the “ Big Chief,” and the two immediately suspect Snapper Carr is involved, as well as involved... View »

The issue opens with a mysterious narrator telling us about the new Hourman: an android from the 853 century. The narrator is telling us all this, even though he knows he won’t meet Hourman for another 2 hours.At the... View »

A behind the scenes look at the design and creation of Hourman (DC ONE MILLION). View »